My friends have seen 300 and have assured me it’s good. That said, the screening at the Berlin Film Festival went horribly wrong.
According to cinematical:
I started shortly after the opening credits; small groups of folks began heading for the door. It got worse when the main villain appeared on screen and all the audience could do was laugh. And, yes, it ended when whatever was left of a packed house booed Zack Snyder’s 300 as the end credits scrolled up the screen — once and for all squashing all rumors that this film would sparkle, dazzle and unite moviegoers from around the globe in the belief that 300 would be the first great flick of 2007.
The journalist went on to say that he feels confident that the movie will be a huge hit in the success, and that the film might not be understood or accepted by Europeans. Hmmmmm. Yeah, thats what it is.
300 will hit theaters on March 9th 2007.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
The screening the so-called reviewer is referring to was a press screening and no other member of the “press” present has mentioned any booing of leaving the theater, although many have offered fair reviews, both negative and positive. The press conference held afterwards demonstrated that many were trying to make the film more political than what it is, the adaptation of a graphic novel.
The world premiere screening, held later in the evening, in front of a general public audience (who BUY the movie tickets that support these films) was met with applause and a standing ovation according to people who were there.
Seems this “journalist”, has an agenda without a fair view of the film.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Apparently the movie seems to polarize its audience…
I relly liked it very much.
Its an astonisching piece of modern cine-art. There are so many perspectives, fast camera moves and a quite extraordinary mantage-technique, which give the movie such an exceptional appearance! The movie is a comic-adaption from Frank Miller and visualizes this issue perfectly!
Thus it is quite irrelevant, if it sometimes does not stick to the historlical background, which may be one of the critics by the press. We go to the movies and not to a history lesson!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
In the film industry a real artist is someone who can bring reality on the screen, now a days there are some amateurs who try to get audiences money with some sexual scenes, computer graphics and effects, Mr Snyder is one of them for sure.
This is not a movie it is just a xbox game, he combined historical event to a comic book, this is a pure racist movie, he and the Warner Brothers should be ashamed of this cartoon.